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  1. Bug #138810
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Comment 1 for bug 138810

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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote : Re: [Bug 138810] Mythtv Frontend doesn't work with some sound systems

Jeremy Nickurak wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: mythtv
>
> Filed upstream, patch available in upstream bug report.
>
> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/3598#comment:6
>
> (quoting)
>
> After some discussion on IRC in #pulseaudio :
>
> <mezcalero> the problem is here
>
> http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtv/libs/libmyth/audiooutputalsa.cpp
> it assumes that SND_PCM_ACCESS_MMAP_INTERLEAVED is available that
> assumption is bogus only normal PCI hw has mmap it's the same issue why
> we have trouble to support quake with padsp people just assume that mmap
> is available everywhere they should stop doing that
>
> <mezcalero> atrus: you might want to file a bug and tell them that they
> need to fix their code <mezcalero> otherweise they will always have
> trouble with software backends
>
> or with a little bit more exotic audio hardware and i really wonder
> why they do that in the first place.
>
> ** Affects: mythtv (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
 There is no mention here whether this even applies cleanly to 0.20.2.
Does it?